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2021: A Good Year for Big Private Companies

2021: A Good Year for Big Private Companies

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For most of the businesses on this year’s list of Arkansas’ 75 largest private companies, top-line revenue in 2021 was significantly better than in 2019, before any of us had heard of COVID-19. read more >

Automobile Dealers Expand Their Holdings

Automobile Dealers Expand Their Holdings

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Mark McLarty, whose McLarty Automotive Group has purchased a handful of dealerships in Arkansas and Missouri in the past 18 months, isn’t alone in building a dealership portfolio. read more >

McLarty Capital Partners Makes Loans, Invests Equity

McLarty Capital Partners Makes Loans, Invests Equity

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As an SBIC, McLarty Capital has the flexibility of working with a business as a lender or as an equity partner with a minority or majority position. The seven deals it has closed to date represent a mix of each kind. read more >

Franklin McLarty on What Big Auto Manufacturers Must Do to Stay on the Road (Executive Q&A)

Franklin McLarty on What Big Auto Manufacturers Must Do to Stay on the Road (Executive Q&A)

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Franklin McLarty, 39, has had careers in hotels, automobiles, global business and politics. From 2003 to 2005, he was vice president of McKibbon Hotel Group. In 2005, he joined the family business, RML Automotive of Little Rock, helping manage auto dealership franchises across the country. He also is a senior adviser to the Markham Group of Little Rock, a political affairs and campaign management firm. read more >